The evolution of gut modulation and diet specialization as a consumer-resource game

Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages 377-390

  Whelan, Christopher J ^a   Brown, Joel S ^b   Moll, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategy; Food type; Handling time; Sympatric speciation; Throughput rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350179157     PISSN: 24740179     EISSN: 24740187     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-4553-3_19     Document Type: Chapter

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